7 objects of Sun
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 The intersection of Ausros alley and Kastonu Alley
A new sculpture entitled Dawn by D. Matulaitë was erected quite recently. The idea that was born two decades ago and received quite opposing opinion became a reality in 2003. The sculpture symbolizes the Aušra (Dawn) Movement a political and literary group of Lithuanian intellectuals of the 1880s - 1890s. They used to publish a magazine called Aušra (1883-1886), and the organization was named after it.
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 http://siauliukatedra.lt
Aušros str. 3, (8 41) 528077
This Renaissance-style cathedral has been devastated by wars, fires and storms, but with every reconstruction it practically remained the same as it was when built at the beginning of the 17th century - stuccoed in white, with a very big tower and red-tiled roof. The southern wall of the cathedral is decorated with one of the oldest sundials in Lithuania and accurately shows local time.
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 Resurrection Square, in front of the Šiauliai Municipal Government Building, Vasario 16-osios St. 62
Celebrating the 770th anniversary of Šiauliai, the renovated square with the fountain "Solar Disks" was reopened on 1 October 2006. The creator of the fountain was Gintautas Lukošaitis.
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 Eero St. - St. Šalkauskio St.
The extraordinary 750th anniversary of the city's existence in 1986 motivated the proper acknowledgment of the significance of this date. The competition for the reconstruction of the square was announced in 1981, and it was won by a trio of architects from Šiauliai:
A. Černiauskas, R. Jurėla and A. Vyšniūnas. The centrepiece of Sundial Square is the gilded and bronze-ornamented decorative sculpture Šaulys (Archer) by Stanislovas Kuzma. It is almost four metres high. The sculpture, often referred to as the Golden Boy, and the numbers 12, 3 and 6, indicating the hours and infused into the pavement of the square in a way unify the three symbols of Šiauliai: the sun, representing the Battle of the Sun that took place on the city grounds, the archer that the city's name derives from, and the time that has passed since the name of the city was mentioned for the first time (in 1236). It is the highest sundial in Lithuania.
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 In order to commemorate the Battle of the Sun (1236), a monument was built in Salduvė Park on Šeduvos Street. The victory at the Battle of the Sun was one of the most important events in the history of Lithuania, a young developing European country, and it gave its name, glorifying Lithuanian courage, to Šiauliai.
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 Intersection of Vilniaus and Tilės Streets
In 2003, the city of Šiauliai was celebrating its 767th anniversary, and one of its renewed symbols, the Cockerel, crowed: "Come on a date". Couples in love or business people agree to meet here: "We'll meet at the Cockerel". Now, the city symbol not only crows, but it also greets passers-by: "Welcome to Šiauliai." The greeting is uttered in English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Esperanto, Hebrew, Swedish, Romany, and other languages.
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 Saulė (The Sun) Cinema and Cultural Centre, Tilės St. 140
Lithuania's biggest stained glass window, "The Battle of the Sun", by Professor Kazys Morkūnas, is situated in the "Sun" Cinema. Its width is 200 square metres (length - 52 m.). It depicts the 1236 battle between the Lithuanian and Livonian Order armies and commemorates the 750th anniversary since the name of Šiauliai was first mentioned in historical chronicles.
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